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GENERAL DISCUSSION TO INCLUDE OFF TOPIC / Re: what did you do today?
« Last post by pep on May 28, 2024, 09:34:54 PM » How did you pick New Mexico as your retirement home, family?
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PROJECT CARS/TRUCKS / Re: 8.8 in the 85
« Last post by Uncle Buck on May 28, 2024, 08:46:05 PM »It's always nice working with cleaned and freshly painted parts.
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GENERAL TOOL AND MACHINE DISCUSSION / Re: got to tour the channellock plant!
« Last post by hickory n Steel on May 28, 2024, 06:22:29 PM »A wright of passage when I was young was getting a BigAzz Channellock pliers from my dad. One of my prized possessions. I don't and haven't yet obtained any knipex. Looked at em at the home center but never pulled the trigger. I like fancy(expensive) tools as much as the next guy but Channellock has never let me down, so I haven't found the need to spend more.I bought my uncle a pair of the 480's and have been meaning to get myself a pair just because, but I haven't had a need yet and am not sure whether I'd ever really need them.
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PROJECT CARS/TRUCKS / Re: 8.8 in the 85
« Last post by Der Bugmeister on May 28, 2024, 06:03:44 PM »I'd be doing it.
Mind you, after my current build apparently there's not a lot I won't do!
Mind you, after my current build apparently there's not a lot I won't do!
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PROJECT CARS/TRUCKS / Re: 8.8 in the 85
« Last post by Elroy on May 28, 2024, 03:53:02 PM »too far ?
what do you say ?
what do you say ?
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GENERAL TOOL AND MACHINE DISCUSSION / Re: got to tour the channellock plant!
« Last post by TexasT on May 28, 2024, 01:14:42 PM »A wright of passage when I was young was getting a BigAzz Channellock pliers from my dad. One of my prized possessions. I don't and haven't yet obtained any knipex. Looked at em at the home center but never pulled the trigger. I like fancy(expensive) tools as much as the next guy but Channellock has never let me down, so I haven't found the need to spend more.
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MISCELLANEOUS HAND TOOLS PLUMBERS HAND TOOLS/ HVAC HAND TOOLS/ETC. / Re: How about slide rules?
« Last post by bonneyman on May 28, 2024, 08:26:08 AM »Since I'm accumulating more rules than I have need for I'd be willing to let a few go if anyone wants to pick up the hobby. Just PM me.
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GENERAL TOOL AND MACHINE DISCUSSION / Re: There was life before calculators and computers...
« Last post by bonneyman on May 28, 2024, 08:24:22 AM »I've not seen one of the classroom rules in person, only in photos.
From what I have read slide rule manufacture ceased around 1976 with the advent of electronic calculators. I entered HS around then, and got my first calculator as a sophomore for chemistry class. A Novus 777. Basic add, subtract, multiply, and divide model. The red LED's sucked juice like nobody's business, and I fashioned an AC voltage adaptor to replace the battery for use during long tests.
FWIW, I link the rule museum for facts and parts.
https://www.sliderulemuseum.com/
From what I have read slide rule manufacture ceased around 1976 with the advent of electronic calculators. I entered HS around then, and got my first calculator as a sophomore for chemistry class. A Novus 777. Basic add, subtract, multiply, and divide model. The red LED's sucked juice like nobody's business, and I fashioned an AC voltage adaptor to replace the battery for use during long tests.
FWIW, I link the rule museum for facts and parts.
https://www.sliderulemuseum.com/
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GENERAL TOOL AND MACHINE DISCUSSION / Re: There was life before calculators and computers...
« Last post by Uncle Buck on May 28, 2024, 06:54:58 AM »I think slide rules were going out of style as I was coming of age. Or maybe they were still in vogue in the late 1970's, or maybe I took the wrong class or something. I might have had a little exposure to them and one basic lesson in their use which was promptly forgotten⁴. As such, I have no sense of nostalgic thoughts or appreciation about slide rules. I can appreciate the importance of what they were, and t he role they played in so many fields. It's just that as a tool they were never one that I used personally.